Remembering JFK on his 100th birthday

Dallas will forever be a tragic figure in the story of America's most youthful president. But John F. Kennedy's legacy is far greater than the headlines that followed his assassination in Dealey Plaza. May 29 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of a man who changed American politics forever.

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Kennedy also launched, for better or worse, the age of celebrity presidents that culminated with last November's election of a billionaire businessman best known for hosting a reality television show. Ironically, Donald Trump's obsessive self-absorption contrasts sharply with the sense of detachment, both public and private, that was one of Kennedy's most appealing traits.